Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-17

grot1 County gegister
By ELI d. AXE.
1RONTON. MISSOURI
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary Of Important Events.
An official of British navy yard has
been suspended for betraying secrets to
Americans and Russians.
THE gold coin and bullion in the treas
ury, less s11,013005 gold certificates in
circulation, amounts to s175,2S4, 81.
THE French Government party received
marked reverse in the Chamber of Dep
uties on the 18th, in vote on an admins
tration measure.
BEEcHER memorial services We're held
in various Brooklyn churches on the 18th.
DR.. Charles E. Hall delivered the sermon
in Plymouth Church, which was literally
packed.
D. LYNCH PRINGLE, of South Carolina,
has been transferred from the position of
Consul-General and secretary of the lega-
ton at Guatemala to that of Consul-Gen-
eral at Constantinople.
HoN. NATHAN t STRATToN, who was a
member of the Thirty-second and Thirty
third Congresses from New Jersey, died
at Mullica Hill, n. j., on the night Of the
9th, aged seventy-three years.
THE Governors speech at the opening
of the New South Wales Colonial Parlia-
ment announced the introduction of a bill
to protect the colony against the influx of
French criminals released from New
Caledonia.
THE circulation of standard silver dol
lars is now S57, 214, SO out of total coin
age of 1856, a, 647. The silver certificates
in circulation amount to 1923. e90,39 de-
Quoting which leaves SIS, $50, 745 net stand
ard dollars in the treas ury.
THE Nicaragua Canal Company has a
representative in London direct from MIC
aragua claiming to speak for the Presi-
dent of that country. He denies that the
United States has any treaty understand
ing covering the proposed Nicaragua ca
nal
THE issue of standard silver dollars
from the minis during the week ended
March was 1913, ia. The issue during
the corresponding week of last year was
S356,320. The shipments of fractional sill
yer coin during February amounted to
S291, SS5.
THE total values of the exports of domes-
tic breadstuffs during the month of Feb
ruary, 1887. amounted to S11.SS1,44 as
against So los. 157 for the same time in
1886. and for the eight months ended Feb
ruary 2S, 1887, s104. sc, 40, against 81, 461,
2S5 for a corresponding period in 1886.
Prison wardens from all parts of the
country met at the Russell House, in De-
troit, Mich, on the Sth, to form an asso-
citation for better management and TO r
tracing criminals. Joseph Nicholson, of
the Detroit House Of Correction, presided,
and B. T. Wines. of Illinois, acted as sec
rotary
IT is expected that Judg e McCue, Solic-
itor of the Treasury, will either be APP
pointed as the additional circuit Judge for
the New York district, for the trial of
customs eases, or that he will be appoint
ed assistant Secretary of the Treasury in
the event of Mr.. Fairchild's appointing Mt
as secretary.
GENERAL MILES received a telegram
from Captain Lawton on the night OF the
9th stating that troops were encamped
near Nogales. but anticipated no trouble.
The Mexican authorities regret the recent
outrage, and arrested all offenders but
one and turned them over to the American
civil authorities.
SECRETARY WHITNEY has received four
designs for the proposed 6000-ton naval
cruisers. Congress authorized an award
of $4,000 to the designer whose plans
should be accepted, and it is understood
that number of American and foreign
designers and constructors propose to
take part in the competition.
THE clerks of the House of Representa-
tives have just completed comparison of
the bills pocketed by President Cleveland
at the recent session of Con gress with the
number of bills which have failed in other
years in a similar way. This time no less
than forty different bills and resolution s
died by the packet veto, as against prev
ious maximum total of eight
THE funeral of Mrs. Ruth Rogers Ha r
mon, grandmother of Mrs. President
Cleveland, was held at Churchville, n. Y,
at IL a. m. on the 9th, Rev. DR.. A j. Bar
rett, of Rochester. officiating. The five
children of Mrs. Harmon, including Mrs.
Oscar Folsom, of Washington, the mother
of the Presidents wife, attended. Mrs.
Harmon was seventy eight years Of age
EVERY thing needed to convert Oakview
into home has been sent there, and on
the 10th the President and Mrs. Cleveland
took up their abode at their country
seat. How long they will remain is not
yet known. The President in the mean
time will drive in and out of town morn
ing and evening to and from the White
House and attend Executive business as
usual.
THE Supreme Court having done what
Congress could not do, owing to the in
tense opposition, in putting and end to
the license tax levied on commercial
travellers, there is great excitement in
Virginia. That State exacts drummers'
license of S175 year and has gathered
revenue from this source of nearly $780,
900 annually. Washington is disturbed
somewhat also.
The Secretary of State is informed that
the cholera has spread through parts of
the Gillian Province of Aconcagua and